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A Look at Five Key Outcomes in Early Adulthood for Associate Degree Earners

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dc.contributor.authorTurk, Jonathan M.en
dc.date.accessed2019-05-21en
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T15:49:58Zen
dc.date.available2019-06-27T15:49:58Zen
dc.date.issued2019en
dc.description.abstractResearch continues to show that college graduates earn more over their lifetimes, contribute more in taxes, are more engaged with their local communities, and live healthier lives than individuals without a college education (Ma, Pender, and Welch 2016). However, far too often the public discourse around the benefits of college is focused predominantly on bachelor’s degree earners, overlooking the value that associate degrees can provide. In light of the findings, the author makes two overarching recommendations for practitioners at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels: Emphasize the economic benefits of associate degrees to students and their families, beginning in high school, and implement new academic and student support models to increase completion rates at community colleges.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAmerican Council on Educationen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/A-Look-at-Five-Key-Outcomes-in-Early-Adulthood-for-Associate-Degree-Earners.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/90712en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Council on Educationen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectcommunity collegesen
dc.subjecteducational attainmenten
dc.subjectcollege graduatesen
dc.titleA Look at Five Key Outcomes in Early Adulthood for Associate Degree Earnersen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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